War in Ukraine. The horrors of war by Mariupol

A man walks along a road with the destroyed Azovstal steel mill in the background in Mariupol, Russian-controlled Ukraine, October 29, 2022. These photos, which were released by Reuters on October 30, offer a rare view inside Russian-occupied Mariupol, five months after Moscow seized control of the Ukrainian port city.

A man pulls a cart toward a destroyed suburb of Mariupol on October 29.

A child's playground in the courtyard of a ruined apartment block on October 29. Mariupol was once home to around 431,000 people. Less than a quarter of that number are estimated to remain in the city today.

The heavily damaged Azovstal steel mill photographed on October 29. The historic Azovstal metalworks was the final holdout for members of Azov, a controversial Ukrainian regiment that previously used neo-Nazi imagery on its uniforms. Russian President Vladimir Putin initially claimed "de-Nazification" as a justification of the February invasion of Ukraine, but the Kremlin has more recently framed the conflict as a war against "satanism."

A woman walks past a ruined apartment building on October 29.

A Mariupol man and his young nephew work in the yard of a damaged building on October 29. Mariupol was captured by Russian forces in May after months of fighting left some 90 percent of the city's buildings damaged or destroyed. Thousands of people died in what became known as the siege of Mariupol.